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I wonder whether we're going to get a temporary break from this encryption surveillance ratchet with Biden as president, or if it'll continue regardless. This s
by ohazi 6y ago
I wonder whether we're going to get a temporary break from this encryption surveillance ratchet with Biden as president, or if it'll continue regardless. This seems to be one of Barr's pet issues, and he's about to be shown the door. Still, opposition to encryption rights has historically not been partisan, so I'm not optimistic.
- mythrwy 6y agoUnder Biden will probably be similar to under Obama. In other words no.
- kortilla 6y agoIt depends. Biden is from an older generation and likely doesn’t view digital communication as an extension of “real life”. It’s just a convenient toy and when the “think of the children” arguments come out he’ll roll over like the rest of the boomers. Source: the many debates I got into with a bunch of old people angry that Apple wouldn’t unlock “a terrorist’s iPhone”.
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- newyorker2 6y agoIf there's anything Biden will do, is to enable the cause further.
- refurb 6y agoI agree. Biden is old-school, firmly entrenched in the military-intelligence industrial complex. He's fully on board with backdoors. I guarantee it.